Phalloptychus Eigenmann

Lucinda, Paulo Henrique Franco & Reis, Roberto E., 2005, Systematics of the subfamily Poeciliinae Bonaparte (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), with an emphasis on the tribe Cnesterodontini Hubbs, Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (1), pp. 1-60 : 43-44

Phalloptychus Eigenmann

Phalloptychus Eigenmann, 1907: 426 , 430. Type species: Girardinus januarius Hensel, 1868 . Type by original designation. Gender: masculine.

Composition. Phalloptychus eigenmanni Henn , P. januarius (Hensel) , P. iheringii (Boulenger) .

Distribution. Brazil: rio Catu in Alagoinhas (Bahia) and coastal drainages from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul.

Tribe Poeciliini + Tribe Cnesterodontini [Clade 115]

Diagnosis. Poeciliins and Cnesterodontins can be diagnosed by the following not uniquely derived and/or reversed features: (1) parietals absent [2-2]; (2) anterior tip of basipterygium in adult males approximately triangular and round [37-0]; (3) ligastyle with one axis [46-1]; (4) pleural ribs associated with haemal arches in males [60- 1]; (5) pleural ribs associated with haemal arches in females [61-1]; (6) absence of an anterior convex expansion of second gonactinosts [70-0]; (7) absence of an anterior process on base of fifth middle anal-fin radial in adult males [78-0]; (8) males with 10 anal-fin rays [85-0]; and (9) absence of an elongate and dorsal protuberance along R4p (just behind retrorse spines series) of anal fin in adult males [118-0].

Tribe Poeciliini Bonaparte , new usage [Clade 112]

Poecilini Bonaparte, 1831: 94, unavailable name; preoccupied in Coleoptera .

Poeciliini Bonaparte, 1831 . Type-genus Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 .

Diagnosis. Poeciliins can be diagnosed by the following not uniquely derived and/or reversed features: (1) notch on dentary [16-1]; (2) ascending process of parasphenoids in adults long, contacting pterosphenoids [20-0]; (3) second gonapophysis forming an angle of 45-70 degrees relative to vertebral column [54-1]; (4) third gonapophysis forming an angle of 35-70 degrees relative to vertebral column [55-1]; (5) first proximal radial of dorsal fin in adult males located between neural spines of 11 th and 12 th vertebrae [62-6]; (6) adult females with first proximal radial of dorsal fin located between neural arches of 8 th and 9 th vertebrae [63-7*]; (7) 10 or more dorsal-fin rays (males and females) [64-0]; and (8) dark stripe present on median portion of dorsal fin [137-1].

Composition. Genera Poecilia , “ Poecilia ” reticulata , Xiphophorus , Limia , Pamphorichthys , Micropoecilia , Quintana , Carlhubbsia , and Xenodexia .

Distribution. North, Central and South America.